Sewer & Water Line Repair in Washington Township, NJ
Washington Township sits about 27 miles southwest of our Hamburg yard, roughly 40 minutes out, so we can get a crew and the right machine there without a long wait. For an active leak or a backed up sewer in Washington Township, that matters. We dig out the line, make or coordinate the repair, backfill properly, and put the yard back.
In a township like Washington Township a lot of homes run on wells and septic, so the buried lines are water service from the well, the line out to the septic tank, and everything in between. Rocky ground and long runs are normal here, and so are we.
Most of Washington Township is on well and septic, so the buried lines here are the water service and the run out to the tank and field.
Work that touches the public side goes through Water and sewer here are run by one township agency, the Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority (WTMUA) at 46 E. Mill Rd in Long Valley. Its water system is 33 miles of distribution line, 5 elevated tanks holding 1.85 million gallons, and 14 operating wells with a max deliverable capacity of 2.554 million gallons a day; average day is 0.74 MGD. The sewer side is two separate systems: Schooley's Mountain (5 pumping stations, 24 miles of interceptors, a treatment plant built in 1967 rated 500,000 gallons a day, discharging to the South Branch of the Raritan) and Long Valley (2 pumping stations, 12 miles of interceptors)., and we deal with them directly so you are not chasing it.
One thing worth knowing before you call: Washington Township is not on one water system but The MUA runs two separate public water systems, a legacy of the two private water companies (Schooley's and Hager) it absorbed: Schooley's Mountain (PWSID NJ1438004) and Hager (PWSID NJ1438003). Per the newest annual water quality report, all customer water currently comes from 12 wells, and part of the Schooley's Mountain system gets polyphosphate treatment to sequester iron and manganese; the report also discloses the system exceeded the secondary limit for manganese.. Which one serves your address decides whose records your service line sits in, so it is the first thing to establish rather than the last.
On older Washington Township homes, Lead service lines are almost a non-issue in this system. The MUA's September 8, 2025 lead service line inventory lists (by our tally of the address table) 2,715 service lines, and only 2 are lead, both on the customer side in Long Valley (2 Ryan Court and 10 East Maple Ave), plus 10 galvanized lines; every utility-side line is copper or plastic. Note the CCR also discloses the MUA missed the state's July 11, 2025 deadline to file this inventory and its replacement plan, drawing Notices of Violation for both systems.. That is worth knowing before a line fails on its own schedule.
The township's sewer mains are actively being rebuilt: the WTMUA's Sewer System Repair and Rehabilitation Program, a $2,193,019.50 project financed through the New Jersey Water Bank (the DEP/NJ Infrastructure Bank low-interest loan program), is rehabilitating sanitary sewer main piping and manholes across the collection system that dates back to the 1967 Schooley's Mountain plant era. Separately the MUA has a $5.45M NJ Water Bank-financed PFAS ion-exchange treatment project for wells SM10-SM17.
How an emergency dig actually goes
Our method is the same wherever we work, and we set it out in full on the sewer & water lines page: what the base and drainage have to be, how we handle the dig, and how we leave the property. This page is about Washington Township specifically.
If it is the water side you are here about, everything on it is in one place: what a failing service looks like, what replacement costs per foot, and who owns the pipe running in from the street. Water service replacement in NJ
Some of what we have been building
Recent excavation and site work from around Morris County and northern New Jersey.
Sewer & Water Lines questions we hear in Washington Township
Is Washington Township on sewer or septic?
Most of Washington Township is on well and septic. That means the buried work here is usually the water service from the well and the run out to the tank and field, not a lateral to a street main.
Who do I call about a sewer or water connection in Washington Township?
The public side goes through Water and sewer here are run by one township agency, the Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority (WTMUA) at 46 E. Mill Rd in Long Valley. Its water system is 33 miles of distribution line, 5 elevated tanks holding 1.85 million gallons, and 14 operating wells with a max deliverable capacity of 2.554 million gallons a day; average day is 0.74 MGD. The sewer side is two separate systems: Schooley's Mountain (5 pumping stations, 24 miles of interceptors, a treatment plant built in 1967 rated 500,000 gallons a day, discharging to the South Branch of the Raritan) and Long Valley (2 pumping stations, 12 miles of interceptors).. We deal with them directly on permits, the tap and the inspection, so you are not the one chasing it. Anything from the connection into the house is yours, and that is the part we dig.
What kind of pipe is in the ground in Washington Township?
On the older homes, Lead service lines are almost a non-issue in this system. The MUA's September 8, 2025 lead service line inventory lists (by our tally of the address table) 2,715 service lines, and only 2 are lead, both on the customer side in Long Valley (2 Ryan Court and 10 East Maple Ave), plus 10 galvanized lines; every utility-side line is copper or plastic. Note the CCR also discloses the MUA missed the state's July 11, 2025 deadline to file this inventory and its replacement plan, drawing Notices of Violation for both systems.. If your house is that vintage and the line has never been replaced, a camera inspection is worth doing before it fails on its own schedule.
How fast can you get to a sewer or water emergency in Washington Township?
We are roughly 40 minutes out, in Hamburg, and emergencies jump the line. Call 862-268-2510 any hour and we will tell you exactly when a crew can be there, no answering service in the way.
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Sewer & Water Lines in Washington Township?
Free on-site estimates, about 40 minutes from our Hamburg yard. Call 862-268-2510.
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